Continuous Monitoring Seminar London
12th November 2009
As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the very best technology and services to auditors, risk managers and anyone with a need to ensure the effective operation of system controls, AuditWare, in conjunction with the High Commission of Canada, were pleased to present a short seminar on Continuous Auditing / Monitoring on Thursday 12th November 2009.
Continuous Monitoring for all of your business processes is an emerging Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) technology that monitors and reports transactions that fail to meet set business rules. Continuous Monitoring ensures that business rules and policies are effective leading to reduced audit and compliance costs and support risk management. Attendees discovered how they could improve financial governance and automate audit processes.
Areas covered:
- Understanding the inadequacies of existing controls
- Appreciating the benefits of centralised control management
- What Continuous Monitoring actually means to you
- How to increase compliance and reduce revenue leakage
- The steps involved in implementing Continuous Monitoring
- How a Continuous Monitoring solution can be implemented for a surprisingly small investment
For those that were unable to attend or missed any of the presentations full audio and presentation slides are available below:
Speaker Slides:
Bill Trueman - Continuous Monitoring Fraud Strategy
Kevin Handscombe - Continuous Auditing & Monitoring
John Scrivener - Three Flavours of Continuous
Speaker profiles:
Bill Trueman – UK Fraud
Bill has worked most of his career in fraud roles, in banking for 13 years and insurance for 7 years. Bill has managed issuer and acquirer card fraud operations and strategy for LloydsTSB, and established a fraud function, processes and strategy for Direct Line insurance.
Kevin Handscombe - KPMG
Kevin Handscombe is a Senior Manager with KPMG UK. He is a UK Chartered Accountant, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a member of the governing board for the London Chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.
His background is in general audit and information systems audit for both external and internal audit. Within KPMG he was part of the Information Risk Management practice. He has covered most aspects of IT audit and advisory work in his time including : security reviews, interrogations, value for money reviews, BCP review and development, strategy development, Benchmarking the IT function, eBusiness reviews, project and change management, systems selection etc.
John Scrivener – SymSure Ltd
Technical PreSales Manager, Americas and Global Channels.
An experienced industry professional with a rich technical background, business acumen and established sales track record. Adept in developing and supporting sales both direct and through partners in domestic and international markets.
John’s specialties revolve around Continuous Auditing/Monitoring and Audit Analytics, Business Process Analysis, Business Intelligence, Managed IT Services, Telephony and Connectivity, CRM & SFA.
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